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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure

Which sentence order is correct?

Please tell me what your plan is.
Please tell me what is your plan.

Is it the first one?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Yes, use the first one. In my view the second one is not impossible, but it is not the common word order.

  • Yes, use the first one.
  • In my view the second one is not impossible, but it is not the common word order.
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Yes, use the first one.

In my view the second one is not impossible, but it is not the common word order.
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GPYYes, use the first one.In my view the second one is not impossible, but it is not the common word order.
Great. I also thought that the first one was the correct word order and more grammatical, and the second was not impossible but not as good.

Would the same apply to these?

Tell me what your name is.
Tell we what is your name.
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Changing "plan" to "name" (or any other noun) does not make any difference to the answer.
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GPYChanging "plan" to "name" (or any other noun) does not make any difference to the answer.
Got it. Thank you so much for your valuable help!

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